1608
| 1608 • Dutch lens maker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament. |
1635
Age: 27y
| 1635 • Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. |
about
Age: 29y
1637
Age: 29y
marriageJeremy Adams Connecticut, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • The Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan when 30,000 peasants in the heavily Catholic area of northern Kyūshū revolt. |
1638
Aug 26
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn Adams Hartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1638 • Signing of the Kandyan Treaty between the Singhala King Rajasimha II and the Dutch to rid Ceylon of the Portuguese. |
1689
Dec 22
Age: 82y
| 1689 • A force of 1,500 Iroquois attacks the village of Lachine, in New France. |